The Naval Architect
A Professional Engineer (PE) with decades of experience in ship design, construction, repair and conversion, having worked in the international maritime industry in Europe, USA, N Asia and New Zealand.
- Jailed. Here is the official Court judgement of the sentencing of the captain of the container ship SOLONG which rammed the tanker STENA IMMACULATE last March, killing crew member Mark Angelo Pernia. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
- NKK class society details of 2,732 TEU container ship MSC GIADA III (IMO 9232773, Liberia flag) which suffered an engine room explosion and fire according to recent reports in the media. The ship was in the Gulf of Finland sailing to St Petersburg www.classnk.or.jp/register/reg...
- Guilty. All ship systems on SOLONG were operating normally within specification but key navigational safety systems were deliberately deactivated. It defies rational explanation and only the Captain knows what motivated him to act so recklessly news.sky.com/story/solong... as
